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Europe Wants Google to Delay New Terms & Conditions

Representatives of the Working Group "Article 29" said they have plans to explore the Internet company more thoroughly before the new rules come into play on 1 of March this year. "Considering the wide range of services they offer and their popularity, the changes in Google policy for the protection of personal data can affect large numbers of users in almost all Member States of the European Union," said the letter sent by Working Group "Article 29" to the executive director of Google Larry Page on February 2, writes Reuters. Read more

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[ Broadband ] - Europeans Planing On Boosting Broadband Speeds - Rural boost

A particular objective is to get more money invested in rural broadband. Left to their own devices, telecoms companies often invest less in such areas because they are not as profitable as more densely-populated towns and cities. While the Commission's digital agenda is largely about getting citizens on fast connections, it also contains plans to make electronic public services available equally across the continent.

Under the proposals to be unveiled on Wednesday, grants could go to cross-border e-health and electronic procurement services, smart energy networks and coordinated efforts to take down online child pornography. Other examples of projects that would meet the Commission's criteria include pan-EU electronic identity schemes, systems that would encourage access to European culture and multilingual public information services.

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[ Broadband ] - Europeans Planing On Boosting Broadband Speeds - Economic need

The EU's executive body will propose the funding, which would be invested between 2014 and 2020, on Wednesday. The plan would have to be approved by the European Parliament and the EU's Council of Ministers if it were to become reality.

EU sources said "Europe needs these fast broadband networks to allow its economy to become more competitive in the future and so create more jobs and prosperity. This money would stimulate much greater investment of private and other public money. Each euro invested by the Commission would give rise to a further six to 15 euros more."

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